Public Domain Review publishes Posada collection essay on Day of the Dead
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Public Domain Review shares an essay on Posada's calaveras via social media on the day Mexico celebrates Día de los Muertos, highlighting how skeletal imagery features heavily in the holiday influenced by Posada's work.
“Today Mexico celebrates the #DayOfTheDead. Skeletal imagery features heavily, influenced in no small part by the work of José Guadalupe Posada, known for his satirical and politically acute broadside prints called "calaveras" (skulls)”
Public Domain ReviewJosé Guadalupe Posada Mexican illustrator (1851–1913)Antonio Vanegas Arroyo PublisherJean Charlot French expatriate artistPublic Domain Review Nonprofit organization
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Today Mexico celebrates the #DayOfTheDead. Skeletal imagery features heavily, influenced in no small part by the work of José Guadalupe Posada, known for his satirical and politically acute broadside prints called "calaveras" (skulls) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #diademuertos
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